Beethoven piano sonatas

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The Beethoven piano sonatas are a landmark collection of 32 works for solo piano that trace Ludwig van Beethoven’s stylistic evolution and are central to the core repertoire of Western classical music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work collection ⓘ
piano sonata cycle ⓘ
catalogCode Opus numbers 2 to 111 ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
coreRepertoireFor concert pianists ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
endTime 1822 ⓘ
frequentlyRecordedBy classical pianists ⓘ
genre piano sonata ⓘ
hasPart Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major, Op. 22 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 "Quasi una fantasia" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 "Pastoral" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 7 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1 ⓘ
influenced Romantic piano music ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementCountRange 2 to 4 movements per sonata ⓘ
notableWork Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" ⓘ
numberOfWorks 32 ⓘ
partOf Western classical piano repertoire ⓘ
period Classical period ⓘ
early Romantic period ⓘ
principalPlaceOfComposition Vienna ⓘ
publisher Artaria ⓘ
Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
Cappi & Diabelli ⓘ
startTime 1795 ⓘ
stylisticRange early classical style ⓘ
late experimental style ⓘ
middle heroic style ⓘ

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Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" → inBeethovenPianoSonataCycle → Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas ⓘ
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Murray Perahia → notableRecording → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
Jonathan Biss → notableWork → Beethoven piano sonata recording cycle ⓘ
linked to: Beethoven piano sonatas
Sviatoslav Richter → hasRecordingOf → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
Pathétique → partOf → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3 → partOf → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
Moonlight → catalogue → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
Artur Schnabel → notableWork → complete Beethoven piano sonata recordings ⓘ
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Artur Schnabel → notableWork → Beethoven piano sonata recordings ⓘ
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Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 11 → influencedBy → Beethoven’s piano sonatas ⓘ
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Jacob Lateiner → specialization → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26 → partOf → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 Op. 110 first movement → belongsToCycle → Beethoven late piano sonatas ⓘ
linked to: Beethoven piano sonatas
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 → partOf → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
Op. 10 No. 3 → set → Beethoven Op. 10 piano sonatas ⓘ
linked to: Beethoven piano sonatas
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 → partOf → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 → partOf → Beethoven late piano sonatas ⓘ
linked to: Beethoven piano sonatas
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1 → partOf → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 → partOf → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 → partOf → Beethoven late piano sonatas ⓘ
linked to: Beethoven piano sonatas
Ludwig van Beethoven → knownFor → Piano sonatas ⓘ
subject linked to: Guicciardi
linked to: Beethoven piano sonatas
Tempest Sonata → partOf → Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ